carved with a stylized nocturnal raptor with beautiful naturalistic forms.
Carved and polished hard stone (calcite, crystalline dolomitic) with old marks of oxidation and time.
Guanacaste Nicoya, Costa Rica, end of period V, 100 to 500 AD.
9 x 8.2 x 12.1 cm
Provenance: former American collection since 1960
Eve sale, Drouot Paris, 03/25/2003 lot 146 of the catalog.
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